Americans have never been treated to the workaday station wagon version of BMW’s M5, the last two generations of which have been offered to Europeans.
It appears that this will change with the current M5, which is being refreshed for 2008. The M5 Touring will combine 58.3-cu.ft. of luggage volume with the same 5.0-liter, 500hp V-10 engine and seven-speed sequential manual gearbox as the sedan, which give the wagon the same electronically limited 155 mph top speed and a 0-62 mph time only 0.1 second slower, at 4.8 seconds.
Drop the kids off at soccer practice and then hit the track. Expect a sticker price north of the sedan’s $82,500, and watch www.bmwusa.comfor updates.

(This post originally appeared in the January 18, 2007, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)